Northfield, OH — Bourbans Best paced home for his 50th career victory, winning the second race at MGM Northfield Park on Tuesday (May 11).

Bourbans Best won the 50th race of his career Tuesday at MGM Northfield Park. JJ Zamaiko Photography.

The 14-year-old veteran, with 444 career starts, also has 55 seconds and 57 third-place finishes. Bourbans Best (Pro Bono Best–Mattachevitz–Matt’s Scooter) has career earnings of $295,028 with a lifetime mark of 1:52, taken at Northfield at age 12.

The gelding’s richest win was for a purse of $14,000 in a Late Closing Series final at Northfield in 2019. Bourbans Best is a well-traveled campaigner as  his 444 starts have been spread across 12 different racing surfaces.

Bourbans Best started from post three in the evening’s $5,000 claiming event. He let his competition carve-out fractions of :27 and :56.1, before pulling first-over and taking the lead nearing the 1:25.1 three-quarters and eventually besting his competition by two lengths in 1:54.3. He was favored in the race and paid $4.00 to win.

Uriah Miller owns Bourbans Best. Trainer Sam Schillaci called upon Hunter Myers for the winning drive.